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lonnie · 07-28-2008

Ex-Google engineers debut 'Cuil' way to search

cuil - search away

notabadname · 07-28-2008

Have been trying it out for a little bit. Not sure I am very impressed. It seems to bring up a lot of stuff not related to my very specific searches. To be fair, I need to play with it a lot more to make sure I am not just too "trained" by Google as to how to expect results to come up.

It also doesn't seem to be very "smart". For example; type in "Nikon D300" and you will get hit results. Type in "nikon d300" and you will get "We didn’t find any results for “nikon d300”" The same search on Google results in "Results 1 - 10 of about 9,330,000 for nikon d300. (0.13 seconds)

Certainly needs work.

philbowell · 07-28-2008

Needs a lot of work. I tried it briefly earlier using my default search. My name. It didn't turn up my blog as the first hit, nor in any of the 25ish pages it had listed. Every other search engine my blog is the first hit. FAIL!

**baseballboy828** · 07-28-2008

It's very slow for me right now. My site, which also appear first or second in every other search engine for my name, is nowhere to be found. Another lame Web 2.0 search engine.

lonnie · 07-28-2008

Yeah, I got too excited. Now that I've played with it, it's not coming up with results that match any of my search terms. I tried to search "Advertising and Design Texas" and it told me it couldn't do it - the search term was too long.

**Yuiichi** · 07-28-2008

I really dislike the interface. Whether it's just the "google training" or not, it just seems cramped by too much information and, at the same time, not displaying enough search results. Isn't the point of a search engine to display search results?

houltmac · 07-28-2008

I am finding the results are varying, but mostly not what I actually want, just related stuff. This occurs no matter how specific I am. I also dislike the interface as it takes so long to read compared to a list. Overall no one seems all that impressed, except Gruber oddly.

Ginamos · 07-28-2008

It seems particularly poor at searching blogs, for some reason.

@Yuiichi, yeah I'm not liking the interface. I'd prefer as many search results as can fit on a page.

philbowell · 07-29-2008

@houltmac, I was surprised by Gruber's reaction to it as well.

I've tried it again today. Looking for my blog I tried a few other searches that I know make it hit the top spot or at least the first page on Google. None of them showed up. In one search, "electricweekend", it showed my housemates sub-domain which is a flash portfolio site but not my regularly updated blog. My technical verdict is: Crap (with a capital C)!

I should mention, top marks for hype building though. I've seen a lot of chat about it, unfortunately it's mostly negative after people try it. Shame they can't backup what they claim.

GadgetComa · 07-29-2008

It found lots of results for gadgetcoma, but I couldn't figure out how it ranks them. Also, it showed 10+ pages of results, but when I went to page 3, it said no results could be found. I think they jumped the gun on releasing it.

07-28-2008	#1 (permalink)
lonnie Personal Shopping Specialist Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: -TeXaS- Posts: 284	Ex-Google engineers debut 'Cuil' way to search cuil - search away __________________ 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 20" new slim black back iMac with 4 GB RAM \| McKinleyBrown

07-28-2008	#2 (permalink)
notabadname Personal Shopping Specialist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 296	Have been trying it out for a little bit. Not sure I am very impressed. It seems to bring up a lot of stuff not related to my very specific searches. To be fair, I need to play with it a lot more to make sure I am not just too "trained" by Google as to how to expect results to come up. It also doesn't seem to be very "smart". For example; type in "Nikon D300" and you will get hit results. Type in "nikon d300" and you will get "We didn’t find any results for “nikon d300”" The same search on Google results in "Results 1 - 10 of about 9,330,000 for nikon d300. (0.13 seconds) Certainly needs work. __________________ Dual 2 GHz G5; 20" ACD; MBP 15"- 2.5GHz-4Gb mem-250 Gb HD-512MB Video; iPhones 2G/3G; 40 Gb iPod; Shuffle

07-28-2008	#3 (permalink)
philbowell Mac Genius Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Over the road from the Queen, UK Posts: 952	Needs a lot of work. I tried it briefly earlier using my default search. My name. It didn't turn up my blog as the first hit, nor in any of the 25ish pages it had listed. Every other search engine my blog is the first hit. FAIL! __________________ My Mac's: 20" iMac Core Duo with 2gb RAM; 14" iBook G4 My Blog

07-28-2008	#4 (permalink)
baseballboy828 Assistant Store Manager Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,253	It's very slow for me right now. My site, which also appear first or second in every other search engine for my name, is nowhere to be found. Another lame Web 2.0 search engine. __________________ iMac Intel Core Duo 17" 1.83Ghz, 2GB Crucial RAM ::Twitter : Ben Drucker Photography: Professional Photography Services :: Interested in a free trial Smugmug account?

07-28-2008	#5 (permalink)
lonnie Personal Shopping Specialist Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: -TeXaS- Posts: 284	Yeah, I got too excited. Now that I've played with it, it's not coming up with results that match any of my search terms. I tried to search "Advertising and Design Texas" and it told me it couldn't do it - the search term was too long. __________________ 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 20" new slim black back iMac with 4 GB RAM \| McKinleyBrown

07-28-2008	#6 (permalink)
Yuiichi Assistant Store Manager Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,025	I really dislike the interface. Whether it's just the "google training" or not, it just seems cramped by too much information and, at the same time, not displaying enough search results. Isn't the point of a search engine to display search results? __________________ My Mac(s): MacBook, white - 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 80 GB HDD therewascake. - my personal blog. The Pike Chronicle - a monthly periodical.

07-28-2008	#7 (permalink)
houltmac Mac Genius Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,121	I am finding the results are varying, but mostly not what I actually want, just related stuff. This occurs no matter how specific I am. I also dislike the interface as it takes so long to read compared to a list. Overall no one seems all that impressed, except Gruber oddly. __________________ MacBook Pro 15", 2.53GHz, 4GB RAM, 320B 7200rpm HD \| iPhone 3G 16GB (Black)

07-28-2008	#8 (permalink)
Ginamos Personal Shopping Specialist Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 261	It seems particularly poor at searching blogs, for some reason. @Yuiichi, yeah I'm not liking the interface. I'd prefer as many search results as can fit on a page.

07-29-2008	#9 (permalink)
philbowell Mac Genius Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Over the road from the Queen, UK Posts: 952	@houltmac, I was surprised by Gruber's reaction to it as well. I've tried it again today. Looking for my blog I tried a few other searches that I know make it hit the top spot or at least the first page on Google. None of them showed up. In one search, "electricweekend", it showed my housemates sub-domain which is a flash portfolio site but not my regularly updated blog. My technical verdict is: Crap (with a capital C)! I should mention, top marks for hype building though. I've seen a lot of chat about it, unfortunately it's mostly negative after people try it. Shame they can't backup what they claim. __________________ My Mac's: 20" iMac Core Duo with 2gb RAM; 14" iBook G4 My Blog Last edited by philbowell; 07-29-2008 at 12:30 PM. Reason: The bottom bit. One of those "Oh I just clicked post and I thought of something" moments.

07-29-2008	#10 (permalink)
GadgetComa Personal Shopping Specialist Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 224	It found lots of results for gadgetcoma, but I couldn't figure out how it ranks them. Also, it showed 10+ pages of results, but when I went to page 3, it said no results could be found. I think they jumped the gun on releasing it. __________________ Gadget Coma - The state of delirium that gadget geeks fall into after acquiring their latest techie gizmo-toy.

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